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MILAN, Italy -- Fabio Quagliarella scored twice in five minutes to send defending champion Juventus to a 2-0 victory over Chievo Verona in Serie A on Saturday. Quagliarella was again the star for Juventus, after rescuing the Bianconeri with a last-minute equalizer against Chelsea in the Champions League on Wednesday. The Italy international broke the deadlock with a stunning strike shortly after an hour and doubled his tally with another impressive goal five minutes later as Juventus maintained its perfect start to the season. Earlier in the evening, Jaime Valdes atoned for his earlier penalty miss with a stoppage-time spot kick to rescue a 1-1 draw for 10-man Parma at home to Fiorentina. Juve dominated and would have been several goals up before Quagliarellas double had it not been for the heroics of Chievo goalkeeper Stefano Sorrentino. Sorrentinos counterpart, Gianluigi Buffon, was reduced to the roll of spectator as Juventus cruised to a 43rd game unbeaten in Serie A. Quagliarella went off 10 minutes from time to a standing ovation. He was replaced by Nicklas Bendtner, with the on-loan Arsenal striker making his Juventus debut. "Its certainly one of the best weeks in my career," Quagliarella said. "Today I had to prove I was ready and I believe I did that. "Obviously that standing ovation made me happy and I thank the fans for that." It is the first time in five encounters Juventus has managed to beat Chievo. It was the third defeat on the trot for Chievo. "Juve showed it is stronger in the 90 minutes," Chievo coach Domenico Di Carlo said. "We contained them fairly well in the first half, but then Quagliarella scored twice. Compliments to him, they pushed more and they deserved it. Juve kept us down but we could have done more. "Sorrentino did very well, today he showed his strength with a great display. Its the squad that needs to find intensity and speed again. If we find that then we can save ourselves quickly. The fixture list has been hard and we knew that, this group knows how to start again, however, and to overcome difficulties." Juve broke the deadlock with a fantastic scissor kick from Quagliarella. Sorrentino got a hand to it with what looked like another fantastic save but could turn it only onto his post and in. Quagliarella doubled his tally when he controlled the ball on the edge of the area before skipping past Chievo defender Dario Dainelli and firing over Sorrentino and into the far corner. Elsewhere, Parma had won its previous six games at home but it seemed as if that run was going to be broken when, in the 20th minute, Facundo Roncaglia collected the ball 25 metres from goal and controlled it well before unleashing an unstoppable effort into the top left corner for the Argentine defenders first goal in Italy. Roncaglia almost went from hero to villain when he needlessly brought down Pabon, who had his back to goal on the far right of the area. 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A number of players, including Evgeni Malkin, Alexander Ovechkin, Rick Nash, Pavel Datsyuk and Ilya Kovalchuk have already signed contracts to play overseas until an agreement is reached.SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- She was the first person he called after he got the call. And Cheryl Miller will be on stage to present her brother, Reggie, when he is inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Its an honour that can only go to a previous inductee. Reggie Miller will be honoured on Friday night along with longtime coach Don Nelson, Nike co-founder Phil Knight and nine others in the biggest induction class in more than 50 years. The former Indiana Pacers star joins big sister Cheryl, a 1995 inductee who is 20 months his elder, to form the first brother-sister pair in the Springfield shrine. 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His competitiveness was developed in childhood games with Cheryl and their three other siblings -- not just basketball in the driveway, but also Monopoly or Uno or Risk or dominoes (Darrell Miller made the major leagues as a catcher, and sister Tammy was a high school track star who played volleyball in college). "No one messed with the Millers," Reggie said. "And we always had each others back. I guess thats what family is all about." Also on stage receiving their Hall of Fame jackets on Thursday were Don Nelson, the winningest coach in NBA history, and Nike co-founder Phil Knight. Ralph Sampson, the only three-time college player of the year, and Jamaal Wilkes, who won two NCAA titles at and four in the NBA, are also among the honorees. Also to be inducted are seven-time NBA All-Star Chet Walker; the All American Redheads, known as the female Harlem Globetrotters; two-time Olympic gold meddallist Katrina McClain; former Soviet womens coach Lidia Alexeeva, who was undefeated in 17 years of international play; the late Don Barksdale, the first black player on the U.ddddddddddddS. Olympic team and in the NBA All-Star game; two-time ABA MVP Mel Daniels, and longtime NCAA referee Hank Nichols. Although most Hall of Famers profess to be surprised when they get the call, Knight made a good case for it: He didnt even know there was a "contributors" category, so he never considered the possibility that he would be inducted. He will be presented for induction by Michael Jordan and former Georgetown coach John Thompson. "Nobody ever had two better presenters," Knight said while sitting in front of a 16-by-23 shoe wall of Nike high-tops mounted to look like an American flag. "Its almost like that old TV show This is Your Life. You look back then, with Michael Jordan and John Thompson and the 40 years youve been a part of this, its been a fabulous ride." Nelson won five NBA titles as a Boston Celtics player and 1,335 games during 31 years on the bench in Milwaukee, Golden State, New York and Dallas. Then he retired and disappeared to Hawaii, where he is an entrepreneur with rental properties, a shaved ice stand, coffee plants and koa trees. Sampson was the only person to win The Associated Press player of the year award three times, from 1981-83 for Virginia. He was the No. 1 overall draft pick by the Houston Rockets and averaged 21 points and 11 rebounds per game as the 1984 rookie of the year. But knee problems hampered him, his numbers soon declined and he lasted just nine years, the last four as a part-time player. By 2003, he was $300,000 behind in child support and in prison on a two-month sentence after pleading guilty to mail fraud. "Ive not been around over the last several years," Sampson said after slipping on his oversized blazer. "But you cant hide 7-foot-4." Nichols refereed six NCAA championship games and 10 Final Fours, as well as two Olympics and the European championships. After leaving the court, he became the NCAAs national co-ordinator for officials. He was introduced to a warm ovation. "Unaccustomed as I am to hearing applause when my name is said," he said, "I have so many different emotions its difficult to articulate them." ' ' '
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